[mythtv-users] XF86Config, pvr350 & TV-out

[Scott Francis]

The "Monitor" being listed is your TV.  I had the exact same issue when I was setting up my TV-OUT.  The section says "Monitor" but the timings and definition are for NTSC TV.  I had the EXACT same issue until the lightbulb went off in my head.  If you don't have this Monitor section defined, then that is exactly what is going wrong in your setup.  

FYI - Use the settings that they have exactly as they are printed.

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Roger Obando
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 2:10 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] XF86Config, pvr350 & TV-out


I'll give that a shot when I get a minute...I don't really need the
Monitor out...just want to get the TV working.

--rO

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Boger [mailto:mythtv at peeron.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:57 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] XF86Config, pvr350 & TV-out

On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 10:17:07AM -0800, Roger Obando wrote:
>    I know that this subject has probably been beaten to death but I
>    have a problem with mine that I can't seem to find on the threads.
>    I started messing with my XF86Config file to see if I could get the
>    TVout on my pvr350 working. I've included my newest attempt at an
>    XF86Config file here.
> 
>    When I use this my machine's display locks up when X should start.
>    The good news is that I do get a blinking white cursor on my TV
>    though. Anybody have any ideas? 

I've seen that when I tried to set up the TV out as an additional
display on my mythbox.  Once I set it to be the only one (per
instructions links from Jarod's howto), everything works ok.  Here's the
relevant parts of the XF86Config:


Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Default Layout"
#       Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
#       Screen      1  "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
        Screen      0  "Screen1" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier  "NTSC"
        HorizSync  30-68
        VertRefresh 50-120
        Mode "720x480"
          # D: 34.563 MHz, H: 37.244 kHz, V: 73.897 Hz
          DotClock 34.564
          HTimings 720 752 840 928
          VTimings 480 484 488 504
          Flags    "-HSync" "-VSync"
        EndMode
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "PVR350"
        Driver      "fbdev"

        ### change fb0 to whatever your card grabbed
        Option      "fbdev" "/dev/fb0"

        ### change the busid to whatever is reported by lspci. Note that
        ### output of lspci is hex, so add a preceding "0x" to the BusID
        BusID "0:0x10:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier  "Screen1"
        Device      "PVR350"
        Monitor     "NTSC"
        DefaultDepth 24
        DefaultFbbpp 32
        Subsection "Display"
          Depth 24
          FbBpp 32
          Modes "720x480"
        EndSubsection
EndSection

HTH!

Dan